Smith held off John Hunter Nemechek on a restart with eight of 134 laps remaining and then took the checkered flag 1.653 seconds ahead of Ty Majeski to win at Kansas Speedway.
Smith, 22, now has three wins this season – one each on a superspeedway, road course and now intermediate track. He led 108 laps in what was also the sixth victory of his career.
“It was just an unbelievable truck,” Smith said. “We struggled there in the first stage. I felt like I made mistakes last week with adjusting too much in the heat of the day and it wasn’t right in the night.
“This was our Vegas truck. I feel like this would have been an image of Vegas – what we did tonight – if I didn’t get damage early in the race there.
“That late-race restart scared me a little. It’s a good thing we didn’t have another one there because I was stuck in fourth (gear). So, sorry for the no burnout!”
Grant Enfinger ended up third, Chandler Smith fourth and Christian Eckes rounded out the top-five.
Completing the top-10 were Nemechek, Matt DiBenedetto, Derek Kraus, Matt Crafton and Ben Rhodes.
Stage 3
Following the break between Stages 2 and 3, all lead-lap trucks pit with Rhodes first off pit road. Jack Wood had to start from the rear of the field for running over the choose box.
When the race resumed on Lap 68, Rhodes was followed by Zane Smith, Corey Heim, Majeski and Tyler Ankrum.
Zane Smith quickly powered back into the lead on the restart.
With 50 laps remaining, Zane Smith had opened up a 3.8-second lead over Heim as Nemechek ran third.
Kris Wright hit the wall in Turn 2 on Lap 91 to bring out a caution. The lead-lap trucks all pit with Heim the first off pit road. Carson Hocevar had to restart from the rear for having an uncontrolled tire during his stop.
When the race returned to green on Lap 96, Heim led the way, followed by Zane Smith, Rhodes, Nemechek and Eckes.
Zane Smith again grabbed the lead on the restart as Nemechek moved to second and Eckes to third.
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